Few issues are as important to U.S. national security analysts as China's military modernization, a process that has benefited directly from the past two decades of dramatic economic expansion. This book addresses the Chinese navy—the People's Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN—the service that has most dramatically benefited from increased defense funding.

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The official transcript of the Inaugural Address delivered by President Barack Obama on January 21, 2013 is presented, along with several other inaugural-activity event transcripts, and the 2009 address.

Ashland, a Heavenly angel, loves Poe... Secrets from Poe’s past rip them apart and Poe is forced to Earth to live among mortals. Dancing becomes her new life, but it isn't enough. Carrying secrets and facing unbearable choices, Poe takes her own life. Devastated and grieving, Ashland travels back through time to be with Poe once more. Will he survive on Earth and can he save the woman he loves?

Is your liver sick? Mainstream medicine doesn't give you much hope for helping your liver? You can improve your liver health problems when you give your liver the proper tools to repair itself. This is a complete layman's guide from detox

Heartscapes provides a keyhole that invites you to peek into the usually private space that harbors memories of past loves. In it are over one hundred and fifty evocative true stories, each one a reminder that every love is part of a personal "heartscape," etched into a place deeper than memory.

the wilderness diary is a dream-diary of a magical adept who goes 'awol' after his father dies. haunted by ravens, led on by snakes, he discovers a way to astrally time travel and steals metal artefacts causing past injury to love. encountering historical characters, fantastic creatures and enlightened beings he makes the leap of faith to build a magical metal sculpture and rebuild his life.

Outlaw Visions wends through monastic hallways, trial courtrooms, prison cells, onto campuses to engage young activists. I shouted “Peace! Peace!” and heard “Criminal!” We descend into prison’s hellish darkness where I existed as a subhuman. You are invited to transform you own subhumanness through ritual practices envisioning yourself as an "Earthfolk" peacefully at home on the Living Earth.

In a post-apocalyptic world, Eve has discovered power of more than one nature. In Honour and Privilege, Eve became heir to the throne. In Duty and Sacrifice, she explores and defines the power of the elite. At the same time, electricity is being harnessed for the first time in centuries, providing the first glimpse into the ancient people who left the world as it exists.

In 1989 a KGB interrogator thought he discovered a message imbedded in a victim’s migraine headache. In 2012 Alexi Tambov is snatching people off the streets of New York City.
When Gary and Chantal are mugged coming out of a support group meeting, they brush it off as “life in the city”. When a second mugging turns into a full-fledged kidnapping they are dragged into Alexi’s web.

An adventure based on real events, "No Going Back" begins with a getaway aboard a yacht
Slipping out of Vancouver Harbour under cover of darkness, Ian Townsend escapes with his son David, fleeing barely ahead of the authorities who had seized his young son and put him into care after the tragic death of his mother.
On the high seas, he is held prisoner on his yacht, Vixen, by Australian gunrunners

Childhood. Friendship. Love?
June Isabella Peyton is an ordinary girl having an ordinary life with her mom and best friend - Chad. She was never fond of love as she thinks it'll just break you emotionally.
Well, that's what she thought until she found herself in-love...
with her best friend. She has fallen in love with him but she's never going to tell him.
Can June keep this matter a secret?

“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.” “How long has it been since your last confession?” “I was here this morning.” “And you did something else this afternoon?” “No, Father, but I’m about to.” ... Which man of the cloth has been targeted for assassination? What is the danger behind the experimental drug Velorum? What happened to Father Stan Jeffries?

Drink Wine and Giggle (101 ways girlfriends can connect, have fun and be inspired) combines friendship and personal growth in a collection of easy-to-follow activities that have been tested and proven to turn girlfriend get-togethers into life-shifting experiences.

It's 2094. Paul Blake, a suicidal, schizophrenic police officer, is dragged into a manhunt for Lazarus, the terrorist who has stolen the Holy Grail of science: Death reversion.
But as the bodies pile up, Blake discovers that he has a central part to play in Lazarus's plans - plans that Blake himself made possible.

Set in 1937, this is the remarkable story of Sara Solomon, a Jewish student desperate to leave Nazi Germany. Normal emigration channels seem closed to her, so when she is offered a risky alternative that horrifies her family she seizes it.
Only when set upon that dangerous course does Sara make a momentous discovery that brings her own life, and many others, to a devastating climax.